Second Test, day one, Adelaide OVal
First innings: Australia 1/8
Warner 4, Labuschagne 0
Pakistan has broken through earlier after Australia won the toss and elected to bat on the opening session of the day-night second Test against Pakistan in Adelaide.
The Australian openers, David Warner and Joe Burns endured two opening maiden overs before David Warner found a gap backward of point to score the first four runs.
But Burns fell soon after for just four, caught behind by Mohammad Rizwan off the bowling of Shaheen Shah Afridi – Australia 1-8.
With a big crowd expected for day one, the tourists earlier lamented that they have two cracks at the home side in this series.
This summer’s two-Test series is the first time the two teams haven’t met over at least three matches in Australia since 1978-79.
Two-Test series have become far more common in the UAE, where Pakistan has hosted Australia’s last two visits.
With harder pitches and extra bounce in Australia, Pakistan’s batters have little time to adjust from the slow and low wickets of the sub-continent, while bowlers are far too often enticed to bowl too short.
Pakistan captain Azhar Ali said touring sides had to learn how long it takes to build pressure on Australian wickets and he wants a longer series having gone 10 months without a red-ball fixture against any nation.
“Obviously we always love to play more Tests,” Azhar said. “As the Pakistan team, we don’t play too many Tests. That’s not good for any team.
“If we play more Tests, we’ll have a better chance to even adjust to different conditions.
“The last time we played three Tests here, and if you see our batsmen scored hundreds in all Tests.
This is one country where you can score big runs. And if you get, here early and get more Tests it will be better.”
Pakistan’s problems exist well beyond Australia. They have played more than two Tests just twice in the last seven series.
The tourists were convincingly beaten at the Gabba, and made crucial changes for the second Test in Adelaide.
There is a suggestion that by the time players are able to adapt, they are already back on the plane home.
Some of that, in part, is down to the World Test Championship.
Under the competition’s rules, series must only be a minimum of two Tests to contribute to the world’s standings.
The convoluted calendar also plays a part, with Australia having not returned from the Ashes until late September before a block of Twenty20 games in late October and early November.
Pakistan at least had the advantage of playing three of those, as well as two tour matches.
“I feel that there should be more Tests too,” assistant and former fast bowler Waqar Younis said this week.
“Two Tests is very difficult, if you lose one Test it’s hard to come back. It should be at least 3 or 4 Tests and of course you need more time to acclimatise.”
-with AAP
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